7 January 2015

Forever Found Tour & Review

Forever Found - The Neverland Lost Series #2

by Nazarea Andrews

Forever Found Synopsis:

Losing Gwen was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to survive. I’ve never loved anyone the way I love her.

But finding her was never about that. And now that I have found her–now that she knows the truth about me and the Island, I have to trust her to believe. Because her leaving me didn’t just destroy me–its killing Neverland.

I need her to love me. But we all need her to believe again.

Peter Pan has grown up and found the girl who left–but the stakes are higher than ever in this romantic conclusion to the story begun in Girl Lost.

What I say (review): I enjoyed book one Girl Lost and felt like there was perhaps more story to be told about Gwen and Peter because the ending didn't seem very final. In the conclusion to the series Forever Found we get Peter's story.

I liked Gwen in Girl Lost and was looking forward to Peter's POV - I'm not sure how other readers felt about Peter but unfortunately he didn't manage to totally win me over. I found him more intimidating than the swoon worthy hero I was expecting, which was a shame. I couldn't really decide whether he honestly loved Gwen or if she was another possession he didn't want to loose.

The concept is clever and although I preferred book one, I did appreciate the plot and clever take on the classic Peter Pan story. I did wonder what would happen certain characters (no spoilers) and if perhaps James may get more story.

This next bit is a personal choice rather than a reflection on the book. The story is short (yes I know it's a novella), but I would have perhaps liked one longer book with both POV's so we get accustomed to Peter's maniacal energy from the start? As I said, this is a personal preference thing. What I did really like was getting some answers and how Nazarea linked the books together to become one story. I appreciated the ending to the series and how things were wrapped up.

3 - 3.5 Stars in my Sky!

Girl Lost:

Northern was supposed to be a fresh start—a place where people didn’t know who I was or how I had spent years in and out of mental institutes. People didn't know about my parents death or the island no one heard of. But when Peter sits next to me in lit class, I can’t stop the memories, and I don’t want to. He looks too much like the boy from the island, and despite my best intentions, coaxes my secrets from me.

He’s gorgeous, irresistible, a little mad, and completely lost—we are a pair of broken cogs in a world neither of us truly fits into. He is somehow gentle and fierce, heartbreaking in his devotion and savage in his defense.

When Belle, his best friend, shows up, pale and lovely and sick, Peter pulls away from me, a startling withdrawal. It’s a relationship that scares and confuses me. She is at times warm and friendly, and other times is violent and unpredictable.

Peter says that he wants me, but refuses to let himself get close. And there are secrets, surrounding both of us, that border on nightmares. As the memories close in, as Belle gets sicker and more violent, I’m torn between what is true and what I believe, and what this magical boy knows about my mysterious past.

Nazarea Andrews is an avid reader and tends to write the stories she wants to read. She loves chocolate and coffee almost as much as she loves books, but not quite as much as she loves her kids. She is the author of the University of Branton series, Neverland Found series, and Edge of the Falls.